Have you finally decided to launch the network marketing business of your dreams? Or, have you decided that it’s time to take another look at your current MLM company to see how you can improve, grow and expand your business?

Babener & Associates/http://www.mlmlegal.com/, with over 30 years in the legal business, offers an excellent and affordable resource for those who are starting or running a direct selling company: The Starting and Running the Successful MLM Company Conference. This seminar offers MLM startup entrepreneurs a place to meet a plethora of network marketing industry experts — all in one place — who will help educate you in the corporate areas that are important to you, such as software, legal, technology, recruiting, raising capital, or designing your compensation plan. Visit our speaker page to learn more about the speakers and the topics that they will be covering.

Attendees will also be in the same room with around 100s of other established and entrepreneurial MLM companies who help to provide encouragement, advice and support.

All attendees are educated about the network marketing industry, how to grow their companies, to are able to meet experts in the industry who will help to coach them on the MLM industry.

The next Starting and Running the Successful MLM Company Conference is just around the corner! On October 24th and 25th, 2013 we are hosting the MLM Conference for the 25th year! This is now our 65th annual conference (held almost consistently three times per year over the last 24 years). All executives/owners of MLM, direct selling, network marking, and party plan companies are welcome to attend. This is the original MLM Startup Conference, hosted and perfected by direct selling industry expert, MLM Attorney Jeff Babener.

The Next MLM Startup Conference Takes Place May 16 and 17, 2013 in Las Vegas

May 16-17, 2013 - $195 (Second Attendee just $150) - Las Vegas

PORTLAND, OR–(Marketwired – May 07, 2013) – For more than 25 years, leading industry experts have educated the executives of starting and existing MLM, direct selling, network marketing, and party plan companies on how to structure their compensation plans, legalize their companies, recruit key employees and top-ranking distributors, develop business models, generate leads, fund their business, establish their website and technology platforms, better understand the direct selling industry, and so much more. View the conference flyer page at http://www.mlmlegal.com/srs2.html to learn more.

This is the original MLM Startup Conference — responsible for launching many industry-leading companies — perfected over the course of a quarter of a century to ensure the highest quality of information, the most knowledgeable experts and the most practical advice from practiced experts.

Over the course of two days, attendees will hear from more than a dozen industry experts who have served as “behind the scenes” advisors to many of the direct selling industry’s leading companies. A full list of speakers and their biographies/credentials can be found at http://www.mlmlegal.com/bio.html.

In addition, the conference will discuss the recent analysis article on the role of “personal use” in pyramid and direct selling analysis: “Herbalife: What Short Sellers Missed on the Way to the Press Conference… The Personal Use Issue in Pyramid Analysis; Who is an Ultimate User?”

Surprisingly, many of the giant direct selling companies in the industry today had humble beginnings, often with one individual’s dream. That individual usually had little or no money and became a MLM mogul after years of dedication; stirring laundry detergent in their bathtub or selling bibles door-to-door. Some were lucky enough to grow their companies without the financial backing of investors, but others were not. (Like the rest of us!)

Many MLM entrepreneurs are lucky enough to have a dream to start a MLM company but lack the capital needed to fund the project. Most people turn to family and friends, to co-workers, then to angel investors, and finally to private placement venture capitalists to find the money they need to grow their business. Investors may listen to the presentations, but the money is never a guarantee.

What is the first step in the process to secure capital to fund the MLM startup dream? It is the business plan, of course! Before any sophisticated investor or angel financier will consider funding your marketing program, they will look for an organized presentation of your ideas, projections and abilities. A good business plan will be the backbone for any private investment of capital and will also help to bridge financial gaps as your company grows.

Hi, I’m Jeff Babener of MLMlegal.com and I’d like to talk to you about capitalization, can you recruit? Do you have a great recruitment background, the ability to recruit? Or a lineup of strong distributors? If so, your need for capital will be substantially diminished.

In the end your ability to recruit a talented and motivated sales network will be the number one key to your success. In fact, your need for capital is in direct inverse proportion to your ability to recruit. If you can recruit then you may have a cash cow on your hands. If recruitment is slow then your business plan needs to allow for buffer capital to hold you through one, two, or three years of break even or loss scenarios. That capital should be lined up ahead of time either through personal and close relationship resources or through angel investors.